DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
2011
FACULTY AWARDS AND HONORS
• Wiley Award for Meritorious Research and Creativity
– Isaac Klapper
• Mortar Board Professor of the Month of November
Department of
Mathematical
Sciences
• Mathematics
• Math Education
• Statistics
– John Borkowski
• MSU Alumni Association and Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Awards for Excellence Faculty selection by each of 40 top MSU
seniors
– Beth Burroughs (selected by Lyndi Seidensticker)
• Thammasat Honorary Plaque for Continuous and Outstanding Contributions to Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
– John Borkowski
SERVICE
• American Statistical Association
– Megan Higgs - Treasurer, Section on Statistics and the Environment
– Mark Greenwood - Council of Sections Representative for the Section on
Statistical Graphics
• Associate Editor
– John Borkowski - Journal of Probability and Statistical Science
– Tomas Gedeon - Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems B
– Tomas Gedeon - Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
– Mark Greenwood - Journal of Environmental Statistics
• Center for Computational Biology
– Tomas Gedeon - Faculty Advisory Board
• College of Letters and Science
– Steve Cherry - Promotion & Tenure Committee
– Ken Bowers - Budget Advisory Committee
• Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) Mathematical Contest in Modeling Coordinator
– Christina Hayes
• Core 2.0 Committee (C2C)
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Mountains & Minds
– Russ Walker - Quantitative representative
• Editor
– Jennie Luebeck - 7th Annual Monograph of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
• Editorial Board
– John Borkowski - Journal of Quality Technology
– John Borkowski - Thailand Statistician
– Beth Burroughs - Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
– Mark Greenwood - InterStat
• Faculty Senate
– Steve Cherry, Mark Greenwood
– Russ Walker, Alternate
– Steve Cherry - Steering Committee
– Steve Cherry - Academic Affairs Committee
• Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team
– Steve Cherry, Affiliate
• Library Representative
– Jarek Kwapisz
• MSSE
– Maurice Burke - Faculty Steering Committee
• Mathematical Association of America
– Beth Burroughs - Committee on the Mathematical Education of Teachers
• Molecular Biosciences Program
– Tomas Gedeon - Leadership Council
• Montana Chapter of the American Statistical Association
– John Borkowski - Secretary/Treasurer
– Steve Cherry - Vice-President
– Mark Greenwood - Chapter Representative
• Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM)
– Beth Burroughs - Board of Directors
• Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
– Ken Bowers - Mathematics Faculty Learning Outcomes Council
– Ken Bowers - Mathematics Placement Committee
– Warren Esty - Mathematics Faculty Learning Outcomes Council
– David Yopp - Mathematics & Science Teaching Initiative Steering Committee
• Montana Office of Public Instruction
– Jennie Luebeck - Montana Common Core Standards Initiative Facilitator
– Jennie Luebeck - Montana STEM Initiative Task Force
– David Yopp - Montana STEM Initiative Task Force
• Montana State University
– Ken Bowers - MSU System Security Committee
– Beth Burroughs - President’s Commission on the Status of University
Women
– Beth Burroughs - University Teacher Education Committee
– Beth Burroughs - Chair, Women’s Faculty Caucus Steering Committee
– Jack Dockery - MSU Bookstore Board of Directors
– Lukas Geyer - Chess Club, Faculty Sponsor
– Lukas Geyer - Salary Review Committee
– Isaac Klapper - Computer Fee Allocation Committee
– Jennie Luebeck - University Teacher Education Committee
– Jennie Luebeck - Online Advisory Committee
– John Lund - Chair, Parking Appeals Board
– Mark Pernarowski - Space Management Committee
• Montana University System Transfer Initiative
– Russ Walker - MSU Unit Coordinator
• Northern Yellowstone Carnivore Working Group
– Steve Cherry, Affiliate
• Putnam Exam Coordinator
– Lukas Geyer
• Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium
– Beth Burroughs, Board of Directors
• Whitebark Pine Monitoring Working Group
– Steve Cherry, Affiliate
STUDENT AWARDS AND HONORS
• College of Letters and Science Outstanding GTA Award
– Corinne Casolara
• Dean’s List semester GPA of 3.50 through 3.99
– Josephine Atkinson - spring 2011
– Jordan Bernard - spring 2011
– Thomas Blake - spring 2011
– Chelsea Bourque - spring 2011, fall 2011
– Daniel Burfeind - spring 2011, fall 2011
– Jen Classen - fall 2011
– Derek Conder - fall 2011
– Casey Donoven - spring 2011, fall 2011
– William Dupree - fall 2011
– Teagan Durtschi - fall 2011
– Kevin Ferris - fall 2011
– Jacob Frydenlund - spring 2011, fall 2011
– Mark Gockenbach - fall 2011
– Kara Johnson - fall 2011
– Hunter Lapp - spring 2011, fall 2011
– Chris LeMarrec - fall 2011
– Danielle Manchester - spring 2011
– Maxwell Mean - spring 2011
– Dennis Moritz - fall 2011
– Gourav Nandi - spring 2011, fall 2011
– Sally Patterson - spring 2011
– Christopher Peck - fall 2011
– Kendra Philipsek - fall 2011
– Carl Poeschl - spring 2011
– Michael Prince - spring 2011
– Russell Ricker - fall 2011
– Alexander Roberts - fall 2011
– Jacqueline Schwend - fall 2011
– Lyndi Seidensticker - spring 2011
– Jesse Sheppard - spring 2011
– Avery Sindelar - spring 2011
– Mackenzie Sorenson - spring 2011
– Edward Vernarsky - fall 2011
– Christina Watts - spring 2011
– Reed Witherspoon - fall 2011
– Micah Workman - spring 2011
– Houda Zaazaa - spring 2011
– Shuai Zhao - spring 2011
• Fulbright Fellowship
– Dan Cornish
• Honors Program Students
– Jordan Bernard
– Chelsea Bourque
– Malachi Cryder
– Casey Donoven
– Teagan Durtschi
– Kevin Ferris
– Elizabeth Geise
– Ian Hixson
– Hunter Lapp
– Gourav Nandi
– Brandon Norick - Graduated 2011
– Christopher Peck
– Jeremy Schwend - Graduated 2011
– Jesse Sheppard
– Katelyn Weber
– Reed Witherspoon
• Leah Edelstein-Keshet Scholarship
– Lyndi Seidensticker
• Mathematical Sciences Outstanding GTA Award
– Kacey Diemert
– Adam Forland
– Olga Vsevolozhskaya
• Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student
– David Buhanan
– Corinne Casolara
– Nicolas Thompson
• Mathematical Sciences Most Outstanding Graduating Senior
– Jeremy Schwend
• Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Senior Award
– Danielle Burrington Hethcox
– Brandon Norick
– Sally Patterson
– Christina Watts
– Rachelle Wood
– Shuai Zhao
• Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Scholar Awards
– Dylan Abraham
– Jordan Bernard
– Casey Donoven
– Kevin Ferris
– Eric Fink
– Elizabeth Geise
– Eric Lake
– Edward Vernarsky
– Katelyn Weber
• MSU Alumni Association and Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Awards for Excellence 42 top MSU seniors
– Lyndi Seidensticker
• Phi Kappa Phi
– Casey Donoven - Vice-President
• Pi Mu Epsilon Inductees
– Dylan Abraham
– Thomas Blake
– Daniel Burfeind
– Kevin Ferris
– Eric Fink
– Mark Gockenbach
– David Halat
– Schuyler Heath
– Wade Jambor
– Christopher Peck
– Russell Ricker
– Jesse Sheppard
– Avery Sindelar
– Katelyn Weber
– Micah Workman
• President’s List 4.00 semester GPA
– Kevin Ferris - spring 2011
– Eric Fink - spring 2011, fall 2011
– Elizabeth Geise - spring 2011
– Brett Green - fall 2011
– Jake Hall - fall 2011
– Danielle Burrington Hethcox - spring 2011
– Andrea Mack - fall 2011
– Michael Schwager - fall 2011
– Lyndi Seidensticker - fall 2011
– Katelyn Weber - spring 2011, fall 2011
– Rachelle Wood - spring 2011
• Presidential Scholars 15-20 full ride MSU scholarships awarded each year
– Casey Donoven
• Provost Scholars
– Hunter Lapp
– Christopher Peck
• Schmitt Family Mathematics Education Scholarship
– Cheryl Ehresmann
• Lloyd and Virginia Walker Scholarship
– David Halat
ALUMNI AWARDS, CAREERS, AND HONORS
• Assistant Professor
– Nick Alonso (M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2009) - Dickinson State University
– Jerome Trouba (M.S. 2006, Ph.D. 2009) - Ferris State University
• Associate Professor
– John Bardsley (M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2002) - University of Montana
– Roger Griffiths (M.S. 1997, Ph.D. 2003) - Mercyhurst College
• Associate Professor & Chair of Mathematics & Computer Science
– Laurie Geller (Ed.D. 2003) - Minot State University
• Fast Enterprises
– Sally Patterson (B.S. 2011)
• Advanced Acoustics Concepts
– Dan Douthit (M.S. 2011)
• Research Associate - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
– Rachael Kaluzny (M.S. 2011)
• Oracle/RightNow Technologies
– Corinne Casolara (M.S. Math 2008, M.S. Stat 2011)